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Hamas chief says disarming ‘a purple line’ amid Gaza truce deadlock

Hamas chief Sami Abu Zuhri instructed AFP Tuesday that disarming is a purple line for his motion and different Palestinian militant teams in negotiations to increase the delicate Gaza ceasefire.

“Any talk about the resistance’s weapons is nonsense. The resistance’s weapons are a red line for Hamas and all resistance factions,” Abu Zuhri mentioned shortly after Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar demanded the “full demilitarisation” of Gaza to proceed to the second stage of the January truce.

Palestinians go about their each day lives previous destroyed buildings on the Nuseirat refugee camp within the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025, throughout the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. {Photograph}: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock
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Thaslima Begum

Thaslima Begum

Final June, Mazyouna, now 13, was at dwelling when her condo within the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza was hit by an Israel Protection Forces (IDF) rocket. The blast threw Mazyouna and her mom out on to the road. Her little sister Tala was buried below the rubble however discovered alive.

The our bodies of her siblings, Hala, 13, and Mohannad, 10, had been pulled out of the wreckage within the hours after the assault.

Mazyouna survived, however half of her face had been ripped off within the explosion; a part of her cheek was lacking, leaving her jawbone uncovered. Medics on the hospital did what they might, however Gaza’s crippled healthcare system was unable to offer her with the specialist care she required.

Mazyouna, left, earlier than the blast, and proper, following her accidents {Photograph}: Courtesy of Youngsters Not Numbers

For 5 months, as Mazyouna’s wounds turned contaminated and he or she suffered fixed ache from the shrapnel nonetheless lodged in her face, her dad and mom repeatedly tried to get permission from Cogat, the Israeli authorities physique for humanitarian affairs, for her to be medically evacuated to the US, the place a group of surgeons was ready to deal with her.

Lastly, in November, after the Guardian reported on Mazyouna’s case, she, her mom and sister had been allowed to depart Gaza and travelled with three different critically injured kids to the opposite facet of the world, arriving in Texas.

Now the Guardian have adopted her progress, you may learn the piece from my colleague Thaslima Begum, right here

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Reuters has extra on Israel’s claims that it killed a Hamas militant chief in a raid within the West Financial institution in a single day into Tuesday.

The Palestinian Authority mentioned Aisar Saadia, 21, was killed by Israeli hearth within the risky metropolis of Jenin, the place Israel has been waging a significant army operation for weeks. It didn’t say whether or not he was a fighter or a civilian.

The Israeli army recognized Saadia as an area chief of Hamas and mentioned he was hiding out with an assault rifle, a handgun and different army tools. The army mentioned it killed one other militant who posed a menace and arrested three others.

There was no speedy remark from Hamas.

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The Israeli army has mentioned it had expanded its offensive within the occupied West Financial institution, Agence France-Presse experiences, to new components of the northern metropolis of Jenin. The operation is presently in its forty third day.

Israeli forces “expanded the counterterrorism operation in northern Samaria to additional areas in Jenin”, the army mentioned, utilizing the Biblical title for that a part of the West Financial institution, including it killed two Palestinians together with an area Hamas chief throughout the in a single day raid.

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Arab leaders assembly in Cairo on Tuesday are set to name for a “permanent and just solution” for the Palestinian trigger as they endorse a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s name for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated and reworked right into a seashore vacation spot.

The summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is anticipated to incorporate the leaders of regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose help is essential for any postwar plan.

Egypt has developed a postwar plan by which Palestinians can be relocated to secure areas inside Gaza outfitted with cell properties whereas its cities are rebuilt. Hamas would cede energy to an interim administration of political independents till a reformed Palestinian Authority can assume management.

A draft assertion endorsing the plan, seen by AP, known as for a “permanent and just solution” for the Palestinian trigger and for the United Nations Safety Council to deploy worldwide peacekeepers in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution.

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Israel says support has change into ‘primary income’ for Hamas

Israel’s prime diplomat charged Tuesday that humanitarian support had change into the “number one source of revenue” for Hamas, as he defended his authorities’s resolution to dam all deliveries to Gaza.

The pinnacle of the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, mentioned the Israeli transfer “threatens the lives of civilians exhausted by 16 months of brutal war”.

Israel introduced on Sunday that it might halt the entry of support into Gaza after negotiations over subsequent steps in a fragile January 19 ceasefire within the Palestinian territory hit an deadlock.

“Humanitarian aid became the number one source of income of Hamas in Gaza,” International Minister Gideon Saar mentioned. “With that money they use for terror to restore their abilities and to get more young terrorists into their organisation.”

The UNRWA chief known as on Israel to permit the help surge agreed below the ceasefire to proceed.

Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar speaks throughout a press assembly in Jerusalem on March 04, 2025. {Photograph}: Anadolu/Getty Photographs
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International Minister Gideon Saar mentioned on Tuesday Israel was able to proceed to the second part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, so long as Hamas was able to launch extra of the 59 hostages it’s nonetheless holding.

“We are ready to continue to phase two,” Saar instructed reporters in Jerusalem as Arab leaders ready to fulfill in Cairo to debate a plan for ending the battle completely.

“But in order to extend the time or the framework, we need an agreement to release more hostages.”

Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar speaks throughout a press assembly in Jerusalem on March 04, 2025. {Photograph}: Anadolu/Getty Photographs

Saar denied that Israel had breached the ceasefire settlement by not shifting forward to stage two negotiations. He mentioned there was “no automaticity” between the phases and he mentioned Hamas had itself violated the settlement to permit support into Gaza by seizing a lot of the provides itself.

“It is a means to continue the war against Israel. It’s today the major part of Hamas income in Gaza,” he mentioned.

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Israeli drone strike killed one, Lebanese media state

Lebanese official media mentioned an Israeli strike on a car within the south on Tuesday killed one individual, the newest lethal raid amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

“An enemy drone launched a strike” concentrating on a car in Tyre district, killing one individual, the Nationwide Information Company mentioned.

It revealed a picture of a burning, mangled automotive.

A November 27 truce settlement largely halted greater than a 12 months of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, together with two months of full-blown battle throughout which Israel despatched in floor troops.

An Israeli drone is pictured within the sky over Mansouri, Lebanon, on March 3, 2025. {Photograph}: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
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Particulars of Egypt’s £42bn reconstruction plan for Gaza revealed

Egypt’s reconstruction plan for Gaza will price $53bn (£42bn), in line with a duplicate of the doc seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

The 112-page plan consists of maps displaying how Gaza’s land can be re-developed and dozens of vibrant AI-generated pictures of housing developments, gardens and group centres.

The plan features a industrial harbour, a know-how hub and seashore inns.

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Lebanese official media mentioned Israel carried out a drone strike within the south on Tuesday, the newest such raid amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

“An enemy drone launched a strike” in Tyre district, the Nationwide Information Company mentioned, publishing a picture of a burning, mangled automotive.

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An Arab summit draft communique on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for Gaza’s future and known as on the worldwide group and monetary establishments to offer help for the plan shortly.

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Hamas chief says disarming ‘a purple line’ amid Gaza truce deadlock

Hamas chief Sami Abu Zuhri instructed AFP Tuesday that disarming is a purple line for his motion and different Palestinian militant teams in negotiations to increase the delicate Gaza ceasefire.

“Any talk about the resistance’s weapons is nonsense. The resistance’s weapons are a red line for Hamas and all resistance factions,” Abu Zuhri mentioned shortly after Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar demanded the “full demilitarisation” of Gaza to proceed to the second stage of the January truce.

Palestinians go about their each day lives previous destroyed buildings on the Nuseirat refugee camp within the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025, throughout the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. {Photograph}: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock
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Lebanon’s president ended a go to to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday the place he mentioned regional affairs with the dominion’s crown prince after which each international locations mentioned Israeli troops ought to withdraw from south Lebanon and solely the Lebanese state ought to have weapons.

The go to by Joseph Aoun, the primary by a Lebanese head of state to the oil-rich kingdom in eight years, improves ties between the 2 international locations which have been chilly for years over Iran’s affect in Lebanon. Aoun was acquired Monday night time by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Yamama Palace within the capital, Riyadh, the place they mentioned the state of affairs in Lebanon and boosting relations between the 2 international locations, in line with the state-run Saudi Press Company.

Aoun’s go to comes after the Iran-backed Hezbollah suffered extreme blows throughout a 14-month battle with Israel that left a lot of its prime political and army officers lifeless and ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in late November. Israel withdrew a lot of its troops from Lebanon in mid-February however left 5 posts inside Lebanon, which Lebanese officers have described as a violation of the ceasefire deal.

A joint assertion issued after the summit mentioned that solely state establishments in Lebanon ought to have the suitable to have arms and that the Lebanese military ought to be supported. It added that Israel ought to withdraw from all components of Lebanon.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 3 March 2025. {Photograph}: Anadolu/Getty Photographs
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Israel says it wants settlement on releasing hostages to increase Gaza ceasefire deal

Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar mentioned on Tuesday Israel was able to proceed to the second part of the Gaza ceasefire deal however wants an settlement on the discharge of hostages held by Hamas to increase the framework.

Saar accused the Palestinian militant group of utilizing support to proceed combating Israel, saying this might not proceed.

Posters of slain hostages Kfir Bibas and his mom Shiri Bibas who had been kidnapped to the Gaza Strip throughout the October 7, 2023 and had been killed in captivity is seen on Kibbutz Nir Oz. In the course of the assault, 180 of the roughly 400 residents had been killed or kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. {Photograph}: Amir Levy/Getty Photographs
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Julian Borger

Julian Borger

Jordanian ambulances crossed into Gaza by way of the Keren Shalom gate shortly earlier than 11am this morning to gather 30 wounded and sick kids – a part of a medevac plan to switch 2000 little one sufferers in most speedy want of medical consideration to Amman.

Jordanian ambulances crossed into Gaza by way of the Keren Shalom gate shortly earlier than 11am this morning to gather 30 wounded and sick kids

4 different kids, essentially the most pressing instances, had been as a result of be flown out by Jordanian Air Drive helicopters. The Keren Shalom crossing, the one route for support into Gaza throughout the ceasefire, was quiet apart from a couple of Israeli troopers and the Jordanian automobiles.

Benjamin Netanyahu blocked entry for humanitarian help on Sunday and nothing has handed by way of Kerem Shalom since then.

Jordanian ambulances cross into Gaza by way of the Keren Shalom gate {Photograph}: Julian Borger/The Guardian
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Iran mentioned Turkey’s criticism of its international coverage risked worsening ties between the neighbouring international locations, after Islamist rebels allied with Ankara ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.

In an interview with Al Jazeera in February, Turkish International Minister Hakan Fidan mentioned Iran risked plunging the Center East into “disorder”.

Iran leads the so-called “axis of resistance” in opposition to Israel, which incorporates Hamas within the Palestinian territories, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Huthi rebels in Yemen and armed teams in Iraq.

On Monday, Iran hit again, with Assistant Minister of International Affairs Mahmoud Heydari warning in opposition to “false statements and unrealistic analysis that could lead to differences and tensions”.

Heydari made his remarks throughout what Tehran described as a gathering with Turkey’s ambassador in Iran, Hicabi Kirlangic.

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Israeli minister who helps annexing occupied West Financial institution to go to US

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who helps the annexation of the occupied West Financial institution, mentioned on Tuesday that he was travelling to the USA for a quick go to.

“The goal of this visit is to strengthen economic cooperation between Israel and the United States… and deepen the strategic alliance between our two countries,” Smotrich wrote on social media platform X.

His journey comes with US President Donald Trump anticipated to announce whether or not to again the annexation of all or a part of the West Financial institution, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

Smotrich, an ultranationalist settler whose help is vital to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary majority, mentioned he would meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in addition to different US authorities officers.

He has mentioned on a number of events since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 assault triggered battle that Israel ought to push for Palestinians to depart Gaza and the West Financial institution, and that it ought to take management of them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich throughout the weekly cupboard assembly on the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. {Photograph}: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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The primary part of the ceasefire in Gaza expired over the weekend – and now, the one factor stopping the resumption of Israel’s assault on the territory is the desire of Benjamin Netanyahu. That’s the bleak actuality for the hostages nonetheless alive in Gaza, and the Palestinian civilians there who had been subjected to a brand new support embargo on Sunday. Final night time, the Israeli authorities was reported to be planning to ratchet the blockade up additional – with a programme of measures known as the “hell plan”.

In immediately’s publication: With talks stalled, support blocked and a truce in query, can the trail to peace get again on observe? Learn our full breifing for Tuesday right here:

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Israel this week launched what it mentioned was a brand new US ceasefire plan – totally different from the one it agreed to in January – and is making an attempt to pressure Hamas to just accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip, AP reporters clarify.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to it because the “Witkoff proposal,” saying it got here from U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff. However the White Home has but to verify that, saying solely that it helps no matter motion Israel takes.

Netanyahu’s remarks got here a day after the primary part of the negotiated ceasefire ended, with no readability on what would come subsequent because the settlement’s second part has not but been hammered out.

The brand new plan would require Hamas to launch half its remaining hostages – the militant group’s important bargaining chip – in alternate for a ceasefire extension and a promise to barter an enduring truce. Israel made no point out of releasing extra Palestinian prisoners – a key part of the primary part.

Palestinians go about their each day lives previous destroyed buildings on the Nuseirat refugee camp within the central Gaza Strip on 3 March 2025, throughout the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. {Photograph}: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock

Hamas has accused Israel of making an attempt to sabotage the present settlement, which known as for the 2 sides to barter the return of the remaining hostages in alternate for extra Palestinian prisoners, a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an enduring ceasefire. However no substantive negotiations have been held.

On Sunday, Israel halted all meals, gasoline, medication and different provides to Gaza’s inhabitants of two million individuals and vowed “additional consequences” if Hamas didn’t embrace the brand new proposal.

Arab leaders are in the meantime finalizing a separate plan for postwar Gaza to counter Trump’s suggestion that its inhabitants be relocated so it may be reworked right into a vacationer vacation spot.

However all bets are off if the battle resumes.

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Arab leaders collect to hash out various to Trump’s Gaza plan

Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to debate an alternative choice to a extensively condemned plan from US President Donald Trump to imagine management of war-battered Gaza and displace its Palestinian inhabitants.

The Arab League summit on the territory’s reconstruction comes a day after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu once more gave his backing to Trump’s plan, calling it “visionary and innovative”.

Palestinians, together with the Arab world and lots of of Israel and the USA’ companions, have condemned Trump’s proposal, rejecting any efforts to expel Palestinians in Gaza.

UN estimates have put the price of Gaza’s reconstruction at greater than $53bn (£42bn), after a devastating battle triggered by Hamas’s unprecedented October 7, 2023 assault on Israel.

Palestinian Mohammed Dib Salem, who misplaced a leg after an Israeli assault, and his son spend their time below onerous circumstances throughout the holy month of Ramadan at an establishment for disabled individuals, after their home is destroyed throughout an Israeli assault, within the Sudaniya area within the northern Gaza Strip on 27 February 2025. {Photograph}: Anadolu/Getty Photographs
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